Torrent files - which program should I use to open them?

Morrigoon · 04-09-2009, 09:05 PM

A friend just posted a torrent file for me. I don't have a program on my computer right now that can read torrents. What program do you guys recommend?

Pirate Bill · 04-09-2009, 09:14 PM

uTorrent It's lightweight, no spyware, no ads. I've been using it for a while now.

I tried Azureus/Vuze before and the constant forced updates became annoying. It's also not as lightweight. It's trying too hard to be an all-in-one media center and it's not doing a good job of it.

keith - SuPeR K! · 04-09-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

uTorrent It's lightweight, no spyware, no ads. I've been using it for a while now.

I tried Azureus/Vuze before and the constant forced updates became annoying. It's also not as lightweight. It's trying too hard to be an all-in-one media center and it's not doing a good job of it.

Use uTorrent. Pirate Bill is right on the money!

Andrew · 04-09-2009, 09:51 PM

I used uTorrent on Windows and now use Transmission on Mac. They are pretty similar in philosophy in that they do what's necessary and don't load down with lots of useless "features".

Morrigoon · 04-09-2009, 10:14 PM

Thanks, guys!

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Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	I used uTorrent on Windows and now use Transmission on Mac. They are pretty similar in philosophy in that they do what's necessary and don't load down with lots of useless "features". __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Thanks, guys! __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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